"May It Last Forever"

By Bai Hua

The day being alive, it's a day of Han Dong
the day being alive,? a day fair and gentle
she, 14-year-old that day, didn't want to be a poet,
but a philosopher--as well as Socrates.
Settling the soul and mourning... What day will it be?
By the day you will eventually graduate.

Let's talk about Rus and East Asia... " It's so
depressed if there's a life without struggle."
Is Haaretz really going to give up being in China?
The Bible has long said that the Israelites are stiff-necked.

By circumstance, cloud always crosses the border--
but for poeple, what kind of person will leave homeland?
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant has touched foreigners
it's just cause for the rice wine and pork liver, I think.

The day being alive, it's a day of Han Dong
the day being alive,? a day fair and gentle
Is there really nothing worth lingering ?
"May it last forever" ,? it lasts longer...

April 9, 2019/ translated by Chen Zihong

“愿這光景常在”

柏樺

在世的一天，是韓東的一天
在世的一天，是令和的一天
那天十四歲的她不想當(dāng)詩(shī)人，
只想當(dāng)哲學(xué)家——蘇格拉底。
鎮(zhèn)魂且悲悼……要到哪一天？
到那一天，你終將會(huì)畢業(yè)。

說(shuō)說(shuō)羅斯和東亞……“人生
是這般苦悶，假如沒(méi)有斗爭(zhēng)?！?br>《國(guó)土報(bào)》真打算放棄中國(guó)嗎？
圣經(jīng)早指出以色列人頸子硬。

云的境界總是要越過(guò)邊境的——
什么人的境界才會(huì)離開(kāi)祖國(guó)？
許三觀賣(mài)血記打動(dòng)了外國(guó)人
我想很可能是因?yàn)辄S酒和豬肝。

在世的一天，是韓東的一天
在世的一天，是令和的一天
真沒(méi)有什么值得我們留連了嗎？
“愿這光景常在”，光景常在……

注釋一：“愿這光景常在”見(jiàn)韓東詩(shī)《在世的一天》。
注釋二：頸子硬（stiff-necked）

2019年4月9日